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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






2. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






3. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






5. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






6. What is normal albumin levels?






7. The higher the BMR a client has --






8. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






9. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






10. Name six sources of grains






11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






12. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






13. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






14. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






15. How many calories/gram is protein?






16. Sources of fats






17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






18. When does BMR decrease?






19. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






20. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






21. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






22. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






23. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






24. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






25. What function is vitamin A?






26. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






27. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






28. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






31. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






32. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






33. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






34. What foods have high quality protein?






35. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






36. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






37. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






38. What is RDA of protein?






39. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






41. What is normal BMI?






42. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






43. What does DASH stand for?






44. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






45. What is the function of vitamin C?






46. What is the function of vitamin E?






47. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






48. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






49. When does BMR increase?






50. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency